Panic attack

Yesterday was hard. Woke with a sore throat, eventually developed congestion so bad I had a lot of trouble sleeping. Woke up this morning and felt like hell. Sniffing and snotty all day. Tried to read in bed awhile this evening, but had to give it up. Turned out the light, put on my CPAP mask and almost immediately felt as if I couldn’t breathe, even though my sinuses were clearer tonight than they were last night. Tried again, but felt like the room was closing in on me. Got up to sit in my chair, turned on the fans, but still felt claustrophobic. I had to just sit and breathe deeply to keep from freaking out.

I’m still having some trouble. My mind is sticking on irrelevant details of things and bringing up memories that aren’t even bad memories from more than 50 years ago.

So, how’s your evening?